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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
all
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
almost
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
amber-yellow
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
angular
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
anxiety
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
Apidanus
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
architecture
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
Atlantean
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
Atlanteans
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
black
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
bloodnounUS /blʌd/
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
boiling
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
boundarynounUS /ˈbaʊn.də.ri/
A line that marks the limits of an area.
From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
brief
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
bubbling
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
buildings
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
capital
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
centuries
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
clearer
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
color
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
compared
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
currents
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
dark
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
decided
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
differed
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
distinctly
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
dozen
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
ever
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
exception
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
favorably
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
flat-topped
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
graceful
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
graceless
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
great
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
Grecian
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
guards
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
haired
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
half
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
harsh
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
Heliopolis
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
hideous
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
how
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
Hudsonian
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
inhabitants
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
instead
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
Israel
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
Jarmuth
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
Jarmuthian
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
Jezreel
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
kept
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
land
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
lost
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
lying
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
midst
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
natural
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
Nelson
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
noted
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
olive-hued
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
plain
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
populace
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
predominantly
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
public
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
realms
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
red
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
right
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
rise
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
river
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
savage
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
scalding
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
served
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
sharp
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
silent
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
skinned
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
skins
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
sojourn
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
strode
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From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
structures
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The populace, he decided, as he strode along in the midst of half a dozen silent guards, were as harsh and graceless as their architecture.
They're
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
towers
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
tribes
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
two
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From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
uniformly
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From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
Victor
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
warm
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
watching
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From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
WhereasconjunctionUS /weˈræz/
in contrast with the fact that
From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
white
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From this reading The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading "They're the lost tribes of Israel, all right," Nelson decided after a brief sojourn in that savage land lying beyond Apidanus--the great boiling river, whose bubbling and scalding currents had for centuries served as a natural boundary between the two realms.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With sharp anxiety, Victor Nelson kept watching the towers of Jezreel rise ever clearer above the great, warm plain of Jarmuth, but, for all that, he noted how distinctly Jezreel differed from Heliopolis.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Whereas the Atlanteans had been white skinned and uniformly red haired--save for those of Hudsonian blood--the inhabitants of Jarmuth almost without exception were black haired and had dark, olive-hued skins.
